Peter Griffin is the father at the centre of Family Guy, the sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that first aired in 1999, and his wheezy laugh has become one of his most recognisable traits. Short clips of that laugh spread through YouTube edits, meme compilations, and soundboards, where creators reuse it as a quick reaction to stupidity, irony, or bad luck. Because the voice is instantly familiar and the laugh is so short, it still works in fast-paced short-form videos without needing context from the show, and it is often grouped with other cartoon laughs such as Woody Woodpecker Laugh.